Abstract Coral reef ecology has advanced in many fields, but disease patterns across depth gradients remain unclear. By comparing the prevalence and extent of bleaching diseases 160 colonies Siderastrea stellata between shallow mesophotic reefs, we observed that was high (75%) regardless depth, about two times greater than reefs (14.4% vs. 6.6% colony area, respectively). Across where S. co-occ...

The response of three species of Trigonella, namely, Trigonella stellata, Trigonella hamosa and Trigonella anguina to gamma irradiation stress was investigated with respect to antioxidant enzyme induction. When dry seeds were subjected to gamma rays (0, 40, 60, 80, 100 Krad) from a cobalt source Co at a dose rate of 233.5 rad/ min, a dose dependent increase in the activities of ascorbate peroxi...

The genus Pseudopoda is recorded for the first time from Japan. Pseudopoda kasariana sp. nov. and Pseudopoda spirembolus sp. nov. (d',~) are described from Amami-oshima Island and Okinawajima Island respectively. Four new Sinopoda species are described: Sinopoda albofasciata (d'), Sinopoda derivata Sinopoda ogatai (d',~) and Sinopoda stellatops Sinopoda koreana (Paik 1968) is recorded for the f...

Kombucha is a traditional fermentation of sweetened tea, involving a symbiosis of yeast species and acetic acid bacteria. Despite reports of different yeast species being associated with the fermentation, little is known of the quantitative ecology of yeasts in Kombucha. Using oxytetracycline-supplemented malt extract agar, yeasts were isolated from four commercially available Kombucha products...

Carrageenin is the water soluble polysaccharide extractable from the red algae Chondrus crispus and Gigartina stellata. The polysaccharide is essentially a polymer of alpha-D-galactopyranoside-4-sulphate. Smith et al. (1954) fractionated carrageenin with potassium chloride into two components and obtained a precipitable component which could form gels and a nongelling component which remained i...

The wetlands and wetland macrophytes play crucial role in the ecosystem with direct as well indirect benefits of uncountable value. A study was undertaken to document angiospermic Pune district, Maharashtra state, India. Results revealed that, there are 11 categories district including seven natural four man- made. These harbour 457 angiosperms belonging 72 families. Of these, taxa, 204 taxa un...